"I've been fighting this POS for 6 month. I've broken 3 belts, 2 idlers, and now after an entire serpentine swap the POS bracket continues to bend like a pretzel. Apparently no matter how well you line it up as soon as you add belt tension it curls up like a soggy noodle. There is no way this thing is engineered to be under tension like this - not to mention the powder coating is crap and completely flaked off.
HOW THE F()&# IS THIS THING SUPPOSED TO WORK
I'd love to take it out and junk it but my brand new serpentine pulley refuses to come off the Saginaw pump and it's pretty well stuck. I've spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars and probably hundrds of hours now trying to get this thing to work in any fashion with no shortage of shims, spacers, mounts, stiffeners, you name it.
Does anyone have a solution to make this thing work or am I better off yanking it all out and cutting it up with a torch?"
When I first read your post it was obvious to me you were not looking to get this fixed. You provided no useful descriptions or pictures. But a number of statements that were obviously wrong like "soggy noodle" and "pretzel" to describe 1/4" plate. I can see belt misalignment causing belts to fray but not to damage idlers. I guess that my product being a POS can be your opinion but many seem to be very happy. I think you called a couple of times but when you stop calling I assume the problem is fixed. I can not see what the problem is from here or know if/when it is fixed.
I offered to refund your money because you were not happy with my product. I said "unless you damage it" powdercoating falling off is not damage to me. Modifying, cutting, drilling, grinding or welding is.
But now I see that after 8 mos. 3 belts, 2 idlers, hundreds of dollars and hundreds of hrs. that in only 12 hrs after your thread you fitted it all. All I can say now is I am glad it is fixed and you should have come here mos ago. And I would still like to see the pictures.